Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 20, 1884
Place of Birth:
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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Fred Kelsey
Biography
Frederick Alvin Kelsey (August 20, 1884 – September 2, 1961) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Kelsey directed one- and two-reel films for Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1911 and 1958, often playing policemen or detectives. He also directed 37 films between 1914 and 1920. Kelsey was caricatured as the detective in the 1943 MGM cartoon Who Killed Who? directed by Tex Avery. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio and died at the Motion Picture Country Home in Hollywood, California, aged 77.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Westbound | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1958 | Auntie Mame | Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited) |
| 1956 | The Opposite Sex | Club Patron (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Serenade | Opera Attendee (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Tall Man Riding | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1955 | To Catch a Thief | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Illegal | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1954 | The Silver Chalice | Silversmith (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Lucky Me | Passerby on Street (uncredited) |
| 1954 | A Star Is Born | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| 1954 | Outlaw's Son | |
| 1954 | So You Want to Know Your Relatives | Mr. Watson (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Crime Wave | Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Murder Without Tears | Sergeant-at-Arms |
| 1953 | So You Think You Can't Sleep | Sleeping patient in waiting room |
| 1953 | So You Want to Be a Musician | Restaurant diner |
| 1952 | Hans Christian Andersen | First Gendarme |
| 1952 | Springfield Rifle | Barfly (uncredited) |
| 1952 | Room for One More | |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full House | Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi") |
| 1952 | My Six Convicts | Store Detective |
| 1952 | So You Want to Enjoy Life | Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited) |
| 1951 | Storm Warning | Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Enforcer | |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My Fancy | Party Guest (Uncredited) |
| 1951 | Strangers on a Train | Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Revenue Agent | Sgt. Wallace |
| 1950 | So You Want a Raise | |
| 1950 | So You Think You're Not Guilty | Police Turnkey (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Backfire | Fight Fan (uncredited) |
| 1950 | So You Want to Hold Your Husband | Lamb - Curry's Partner |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't Cry | Man on Dock (uncredited) |
| 1950 | The Flame and the Arrow | Guard (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Flamingo Road | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Colorado Territory | Train Engineer (uncredited) |
| 1949 | The Inspector General | Villager (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Dancing in the Dark | Deputy |
| 1949 | Homicide | Officer O'Brien |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Old Watchman (uncredited) |
| 1949 | So You Want to Be a Muscle Man | Delivery Man |
| 1949 | So You Want to Be an Actor | Counter Man |
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1948 | So You Want an Apartment | Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Unfaithful | Courtroom Spectator |
| 1947 | Nora Prentiss | Turnkey (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Hiss and Yell | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Andy Plays Hookey | Policeman |
| 1946 | Detour to Danger | Det. Kelsey |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life | Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Never Say Goodbye | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1946 | So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck | Fred |
| 1946 | Three Strangers | Man on the Street / Man in Pub |
| 1946 | So You Want to Play the Horses | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Night and Day | First-Nighter (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Man I Love | Mac the Doorman (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Frontier Days | Mayor Stone (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Saratoga Trunk | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1945 | If a Body Meets a Body | Detective |
| 1945 | Christmas in Connecticut | Harper (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Mildred Pierce | Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Snooper Service | |
| 1945 | How DOooo You Do | Detective |
| 1945 | Come Out Fighting | Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy) |
| 1945 | The Strange Mr. Gregory | Lefert |
| 1944 | Roaring Guns | |
| 1944 | Trial by Trigger | Jerry (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Crime by Night | Dad Martin (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington | Cop in Raid (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Make Your Own Bed | Turnkey |
| 1944 | Shine on Harvest Moon | Policeman in patrol car (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Northern Pursuit | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Murder on the Waterfront | Capt. Beal |
| 1943 | A Gem of a Jam | Police Chief |
| 1943 | Here Comes Mr. Zerk | Policeman |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Food and Magic | |
| 1943 | One Dangerous Night | Detective Dickens |
| 1943 | Action in the North Atlantic | Joe (uncredited) |
| 1943 | True to Life | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance | Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited) |
| 1942 | The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Counter-Espionage | Dickens |
| 1942 | Murder in the Big House | "Screw" |
| 1942 | My Favorite Blonde | Sam - Policeman |
| 1942 | Lady Gangster | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Larceny, Inc. | Bronson |
| 1942 | Bullet Scars | Police Chief Hansen |
| 1942 | X Marks the Spot | Police Officer Martin |
| 1942 | Gentleman Jim | Sutro (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Jailer |
| 1942 | Spy Ship | Night Watchman |
| 1942 | I Was Framed | Drunk |
| 1942 | Dear! Deer! | Policeman |
| 1942 | In This Our Life | Jailer (uncredited) |
| 1941 | The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Detective Dickens |
| 1941 | Secrets of the Lone Wolf | Wesley Dickens |
| 1941 | At the Stroke of Twelve | Police Sergeant |
| 1941 | Invisible Ghost | Detective Ryan |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Mr. District Attorney | Officer McCloskey |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Cop |
| 1941 | The Man Who Came to Dinner | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1941 | One Foot in Heaven | Train Conductor (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Dickens |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Strikes | Dickens |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Dickens |
| 1940 | Mutiny in the County | Policeman |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Bailiff |
| 1940 | Deadwood Dick | Bottles |
| 1940 | Misbehaving Husbands | Sgt. Murphy |
| 1940 | The Golden Fleecing | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Green Archer | Capt. Thompson |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West | Jim - Detective |
| 1940 | High School | Junk Man |
| 1939 | Moving Vanities | Police Officer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Tiny Troubles | Judge |
| 1939 | Tell No Tales | Policeman at School (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Rough Riders' Round-up | Agitator |
| 1939 | Charlie Chan in Reno | Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence | Pete - Railroad Detective |
| 1939 | Chicken Wagon Family | Policeman |
| 1939 | Charlie Chan at Treasure Island | Detective - in Cab and at Theatre |
| 1939 | Clock Wise | Landlord |
| 1939 | Too Busy to Work | Hank Fidler |
| 1938 | Night Spot | Police Band Leader |
| 1938 | Josette | Hotel Detective |
| 1938 | Everybody's Doing It | Police Sergeant |
| 1938 | Straight, Place and Show | Cop at Racetrack |
| 1938 | Berth Quakes | Train Conductor |
| 1938 | Safety in Numbers | Cop |
| 1938 | Down on the Farm | Bit Role |
| 1938 | Many Sappy Returns | Finnegan |
| 1937 | Love Is News | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Super-Sleuth | Jailer |
| 1937 | That I May Live | Abner Jenkins |
| 1937 | Love and Hisses | Officer |
| 1937 | The Lady Escapes | Man on telephone (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Time Out for Romance | Policeman |
| 1937 | One Mile from Heaven | Smitty - Policeman |
| 1937 | Big Business | Oil Man at Well |
| 1937 | Slave Ship | Seaman at Auction |
| 1937 | Angel's Holiday | Conductor |
| 1937 | Borrowing Trouble | Policeman |
| 1937 | She Had to Eat | Police Officer Tracy (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Wild and Woolly | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Little Red Schoolhouse | First Detective |
| 1936 | At Sea Ashore | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1936 | High Tension | Desk Sergeant |
| 1936 | The Witness Chair | Detective Costigan |
| 1936 | Private Number | Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited) |
| 1936 | The Garden Murder Case | Heath's Assistant (Uncredited) |
| 1935 | One Frightened Night | Sheriff Jenks |
| 1935 | Danger Ahead | Detective O'Brien |
| 1935 | Atlantic Adventure | Police Officer Riley |
| 1935 | A Notorious Gentleman | Detective |
| 1935 | Death Flies East | Police Lieutenant O'Brien |
| 1935 | Hot Money | Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey) |
| 1935 | Horses' Collars | Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Diamond Jim | Horsley's Secretary |
| 1935 | Carnival | Bit Part |
| 1935 | The Sagebrush Troubadour | Hank Polk |
| 1935 | The Public Menace | Mike - Cop |
| 1934 | Twentieth Century | Train Detective (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Crime Doctor | Bloodgood |
| 1934 | The Moth | Detective Blake |
| 1934 | Lightning Strikes Twice | Dugan |
| 1934 | Strictly Fresh Yeggs | Policeman |
| 1934 | I'll Be Suing You | Insurance Adjustor |
| 1934 | I'll Tell the World | Sergeant at Border |
| 1934 | Rough Necking | Joe Cuttlehammer Sr. |
| 1934 | Among the Missing | Police Sgt. Murphy |
| 1934 | School for Girls | Detective |
| 1934 | Beloved | Mulvaney |
| 1933 | The Crime of the Century | Police Guard (uncredited) |
| 1933 | King of the Jungle | Cop (uncredited) |
| 1933 | Quiet Please! | Train Conductor |
| 1933 | Sailor's Luck | Cop |
| 1932 | The Iceman's Ball | Police Sergeant |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Prison Jailer (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Discarded Lovers | Delaney |
| 1932 | Love in High Gear | Detective Duffy |
| 1932 | Guilty as Hell | Detective Duffy |
| 1932 | Red Haired Alibi | Corcoran |
| 1932 | Huddle | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Yoo-Hoo | Detective |
| 1932 | Boys Will Be Boys | Doorman |
| 1932 | Shopping with Wifie | Det. Dugan |
| 1932 | Speak Easily | Process Server |
| 1931 | Subway Express | Detective Kearney |
| 1931 | Side Show | Sheriff Hornsby |
| 1931 | Scandal Sheet | Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy |
| 1931 | Young Donovan's Kid | Collins |
| 1931 | The Naughty Flirt | Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1930 | She Got What She Wanted | |
| 1930 | Scarlet Pages | Murphy |
| 1930 | The Woman Racket | Police Captain |
| 1930 | Road to Paradise | Casey |
| 1930 | The Girl Said No | Policeman |
| 1930 | Wide Open | Detective |
| 1930 | Going Wild | The Conductor |
| 1930 | The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case | Chief of Detectives (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Only Saps Work | Murphy (uncredited) |
| 1930 | Men Without Law | Deputy Sheriff Jeff |
| 1930 | Murder on the Roof | Ryan |
| 1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 | Self - Tour Guide |
| 1929 | The Donovan Affair | Carney |
| 1929 | The Faker | Police Detective |
| 1929 | Wrong Again | |
| 1929 | Smiling Irish Eyes | County Fair Manager |
| 1928 | The Wright Idea | M. T. Flatt |
| 1928 | Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath | Detective |
| 1928 | Tenderloin | Detective Simpson |
| 1928 | Harold Teen | Mr. Lovewell |
| 1928 | While the City Sleeps | Detective in Shadow Box |
| 1928 | On Trial | Clerk |
| 1928 | Naughty Baby | Dugan |
| 1928 | The Last Warning | Inspector |
| 1928 | A Woman of Affairs | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1928 | Plastered in Paris | |
| 1927 | Soft Cushions | The Police |
| 1927 | Jewish Prudence | Rent Collector |
| 1927 | The Gorilla | Mulligan |
| 1927 | The Thirteenth Hour | Det. Shaw |
| 1927 | The 13th Juror | The Detective |
| 1927 | Orchids and Ermine | Police Sergeant |
| 1926 | That's My Baby | Murphy |
| 1926 | Say It with Babies | Policeman |
| 1926 | Atta Boy | Detective |
| 1926 | Bromo and Juliet | The Detective (uncredited) |
| 1926 | Crazy Like a Fox | Man with Badge on Train (uncredited) |
| 1926 | The Third Degree | Assistant Chief of Detectives |
| 1926 | Dog Shy | Cop |
| 1926 | The Mystery Pilot | Skipper Larsen |
| 1926 | There Ain't No Santa Claus | Store Detective (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Friendly Enemies | |
| 1925 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | |
| 1925 | The Uneasy Three | |
| 1925 | Little Annie Rooney | Desk Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1925 | Paths to Paradise | Confederate |
| 1925 | Seven Sinners | Policeman |
| 1925 | Excuse Me | George Ketchem |
| 1925 | The Lawful Cheater | Tom Horan |
| 1925 | Youth and Adventure | Red Mullin |
| 1924 | The Yankee Consul | Agent John J. Doyle |
| 1924 | The Night Hawk | |
| 1923 | Lights Out | Decker |
| 1923 | Lovebound | Detective Hahn |
| 1923 | Souls for Sale | Detective Quinn (uncredited) |
| 1923 | The Eleventh Hour | The Submarine Commander |
| 1923 | Bag and Baggage | Fred |
| 1922 | Deserted at the Altar | The Other Man |
| 1922 | One Clear Call | Starnes |
| 1922 | Manslaughter | Member of the Jury (uncredited) |
| 1922 | Don't Shoot | Police Officer |
| 1922 | Captain Fly-by-Night | Gomez |
| 1922 | The Song of Life | Police Inspector |
| 1922 | South of Suva | Karl Swartz |
| 1921 | The Last Card | Detective (uncredited) |
| 1921 | There Are No Villains | Dugall |
| 1921 | Puppets of Fate | Bobs |
| 1920 | Alias Jimmy Valentine | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| 1919 | The Silk Lined Burglar | Capt. von Hoffmeier |
| 1919 | The Light of Victory | Captain Eric von Prohme |
| 1919 | The Fire Flingers | Sgt. Powers |
| 1918 | The Empty Cab | The Detective |
| 1918 | The Yellow Dog | Max Kummich |
| 1918 | A Society Sensation | JIm Cox |
| 1917 | The Honor of an Outlaw | The Deputy |
| 1914 | Arms and the Gringo | |
| 1914 | Silent Sandy | Silent Sandy |
| 1911 | A Left Hook |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | Doc Jones (uncredited) |